22.4 Configuring the shell to run

This section applies only on UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X.

By default, the Shell tool runs the UNIX command shell known as
bash
. If you would rather use a different shell (such as
csh
,
tcsh
,
ksh
, etc.), or if you do not have
bash
available on your UNIX system, then change the value of the variable
editor:*shell-shell*, which has the value
nil
by default. This means that the Shell tool will use the value of the variable
ESHELL
or
SHELL
if set, or one of "/bin/sh" (system V) and "/bin/csh" (otherwise).